Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2034

South Africa
2034
Total fertility rate: 2.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2034  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.05 children per woman in 2034 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,128,749 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.05
Births
1,128,749
Births per 1,000 people
16.0
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
70,641,572
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.00.3%3,103
15-1948.011.7%130,201
20-24109.626.7%309,952
25-2995.923.4%276,341
30-3467.916.6%172,783
35-3958.214.2%156,541
40-4426.26.4%71,856
45-493.10.7%7,848
50-540.10.0%122